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NILA Update |
July 12 Hearing on Coordination Among Federal Youth Development Programs
The House Subcommittee on Select Education will hold a hearing on Coordination Among Federal Youth Development Programs on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. at the Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2175. The hearing will highlight the Federal Youth Coordination Act, which establishes a Federal Youth Development Council to improve communication among federal agencies serving youth, provides grants to states to improve coordination of youth programs, and creates the highest level of youth participation in federal policy that the U.S. has ever had. This is the first Congressional hearing that has been convened on youth development in some time and everyone in the youth field is invited to attend. For more information about the Act, visit www.youthcoordinationact.org.
New Media Resources from Capitol Hill
Briefing on Youth Aging out of Foster Care
The May 19th release of Chapin
Hall's latest wave of findings from the Midwest Evaluation of the Adult
Functioning of Former Foster Youth, in conjunction with a Capitol Hill
briefing co-sponsored by the National Governors Association and the American
Public Human Services Association, generated an unprecedented number of new
media resources on youth making the transition from foster care to adulthood.
Read
the illustrated transcript of a PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on aging
out of foster care.
Listen
to Dangerous Disconnects, a 1-hour special on Chicago Public Radio
examining how well youth are prepared for life after foster care.
Listen
to National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation on the new documentary
film Aging Out and the obstacles facing former foster youth that it
illuminates.
"Do
Something BRICK Awards"
The Do Something BRICK Awards honors 6
outstanding youth leaders who develop projects to improve their
community.
Maximum Award: $5,000 scholarship and a
$5,000 grant. Eligibility: Students age 18 and under. Deadline: November 1, 2005.
http://www.dosomething.org/awards/brick/index.php
Free
planning guides for community action are available online. http://www.coveringkidsandfamilies.org/communications/materials
Congressional
Glitch Could End YouthBuild Funding
Despite
bipartisan support and a $59 million request in President Bush's budget,
YouthBuild USA may lose all its federal funding because of a bureaucratic
glitch in the FY06 appropriations process. Read more in Jan’s Corner at Connect
for Kids. http://www.connectforkids.org/action_central
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help! If you have pictures, stories,
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Career Interest Website for Youth
Helping Young People Get A Head Start On
Careers, from the Public Education Network’s Weekly Newsblast, http://www.publiceducation.org
Three hundred
middle school students from around the country worked on a new website created
to link their interests and hobbies to future careers. The new site is offering online resources
that cater to ages 11-15, seeking information about careers in science,
technology, engineering, and math.
Designed and developed with recommendations from teams of middle-schoolers,
Funworks is not only for young people, but also for guidance counselors,
teachers, media specialists & parents. Because existing career-related
websites are often dense, full of statistics, and created for adults, Funworks
stands out with its vibrant colors, graphics and photos, interactive games,
quizzes, and more. Funworks was created by the Gender, Diversity, and
Technology Institute at Education Development Center. http://www.thefunworks.org/
*** Make sure you have NILAusa.org as a
resource on your agency’s website!!!
Reminder…FAQ III is here!
The Chafee Foster Care Independence Program and the Chafee Educational
and Training Voucher Program – FAQ III is now available at http://www.natl-fostercare.org
QIC
on Privatization of Child Welfare Services
The Administration for
Children and Families is seeking applications to create a national Quality
Improvement Center (QIC) to identify effective practices in the privatization
of child welfare services. The QIC will assess needs and resources, and design
research and demonstration activities on the improvement of child welfare
services and systems through privatization.
Deadline: August 5 For more
information, visit http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2005-ACF-ACYF-CA-0027.html.
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